Effect of face velocity, nanofiber packing density and thickness on filtration performance of filters with nanofibers coated on a substrate

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Leung, Wallace Woon Fong ^a   Hung, Chi Ho ^a   Yuen, Ping Tang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Non woven; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTRATION; ELECTROSPUNS; FACE VELOCITY; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH PACKING DENSITY; LAYER THICKNESS; MEAN DIAMETER; MICRO-FIBER; MULTILAYERING; NON-WOVEN; PACKING DENSITY; REDUCED PRESSURE; SINGLE LAYER;

ELECTROSPINNING; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES; WEAVING;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 76649126204     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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